Teach students to love poetry with this 6 week 4th and 5th grade unit? This easy to use resource has everything you need to make teaching poetry exciting any time of the year.
The 31 day unit includes over 300 pages of resources for you and your

Don't let your students get stuck in their fictional narrative writing. Use these lessons, graphic organizers, and ideas to get your students writing their best stories.
This fictional narrative writer’s workshop unit contains over 150 pages of

Try using this phonics poem to help your students learn ways that the “f” sound is made? This phonics poem will help learners identify and read the different ways to produce the “f” sound. (“f”, “gh”, and “ph”).
Included:
Poem
Main Idea Task

The November Poetry Literacy Center will have your students engaged in reading and writing poetry all month long. This center guides students through the writing process of poetry, provides a close read for each poem. Students will write haikus,

Looking to spice up your literacy center? This Poetry Literacy Center allows you to celebrate the season while covering important standards. This month’s poems includes 4 original April-themed poems (Flowers, Earth Day, Baseball and Rain).
Each

Looking for a fun game to help your students learn parts of speech. This Build a Sentence Game will have your students writing creatively and demonstrating an understanding of the parts of speech. Detailed guidelines, a Build a Sentence Recording

Do your students need to spice up personal narratives? This unit covers over 3 weeks of lesson plans to have your students writing personal narratives that students will love. The lessons in this unit will have you running a successful writer’s

Creative writing that works! This bundle has 12 + weeks of writer's workshop lesson plans. The units in this bundle cover poetry, personal narrative, and fiction narrative. Over 30 Common Core standards are covered. Students will have ample

This December Literacy Center will have your students engaged in reading and writing poetry all month long. Students will write haikus, diamante, cinquain and shape poems. Each Week Contains: New Original PoemClose Read (with additional

Looking to spice up your literacy center? This Poetry Literacy Center allows you to celebrate the season while covering important standards. This month’s poems includes 4 original January-themed poems (New Year, Snowman, Stand Up! (Martin Luther

Do your readers need a fun way to practice sight words? This story, I Like the Zoo, introduces young readers to the sight words I, like, to, see, the. Sight Word Practice Included: 3 Versions of the Story (Graphic Novel, Story Strips, Book, and

Have fun in your literacy center with these 4 March-themed poems. Everything you need from original poems, close reads, comprehension questions, poetry templates, written response connections, and content area connections.
Guide students with

Looking to spice up your February literacy center? This Poetry Literacy Center for February allows you to celebrate the season while covering important standards. This month’s poems includes 4 original February-themed poems (Thank You, Love,

Looking to spice up your literacy center?
This May/June Poetry Literacy Center includes 4 original May-themed poems relating to pets, Mother's Day, Memorial Day and summer.
Each poem has 4 activities. The activities cover a variety of multiple

This October Poetry Literacy Center includes 4 original October-themed poems relating to October Saturdays, Explorers (Columbus Day), Red Ribbon Week and Halloween.
Each poem has 4 activities. The activities cover a variety of multiple

50 writing prompts to engage creativity and have learners explain thinking. These writing prompts cover everything from personal injuries to how life would be different if the British Won the Civil War.
What's Included:
Fiction Writing

Looking to spice up your literacy center? This August/September Poetry Literacy Center includes 4 original August/September-themed poems relating to School, Apples, Labor Day and fall.
Each poem has 4 activities. The activities cover a variety of

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

* EdS in School Library Media * Information Technology Certification * Masters in Education * Reading Specialist Certification *
I have taught 15 years in grade 3-6. (The majority of those years were in Title 1 or Alternative Program schools.) I have taught EIP (Early Intervention program) classes, Advanced Reading and Math classes, as well as, on level courses. Three of my years I taught only ELA. I specialized in Writing, Reading, and Language Arts lessons.

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe differentiation is the key, books can make any classroom come to life, and an unquiet classroom, is a classroom full of learning!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

NBCT Middle Childhood

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

University of Georgia - EdS School Library Media with Informational Technology Certification
Furman University - Masters in Education with a concentration in Reading.
College of Charleston - B.S. in Education